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Episode Seven:

In our second look at a Portsmouth practice which has expanded following a series of mergers, Ben talks to their Business Partner, Mark Stubbings. Mark outlines some of the steps needed for a successful merger and sees a future where operating at an even greater scale is the norm.

Show Notes

Mark describes the role of Business Partner and his career (45 secs)

The number of individual practices in one city drives Mark to look at working at scale (1min 19secs)

The rationale for merging – and merging again (2mins 13secs)

The important elements for a successful merger (3mins 16secs)

The first thing to do with a merger is…nothing (4mins 49secs)

Getting agreement to merger (5mins 39secs)

Scale supports the transformation of the way primary care is delivered (6mins 28secs)

Getting to a size which provides room to focus outside of the practice (8mins 07secs)

Federation or merger? (10mins 18secs)

Scale allows the development of new models of care (11mins 21secs)

An opportunity to do something radical (12mins 24secs)

Thinking even bigger to secure a future for General Practice (13mins)

If the will is there then achieving scale is easy (14mins 41secs)

NHS England must think “outside the box” (16mins 08secs)

The need for something even more radical (16mins 14secs)